RED’s Hydrogen One phone is the world’s first holographic smartphone

Red – Digital Cinema Camera maker company is going to launch their first smartphone and you can buy it from summer but those who have pre-ordered will be able to test out its “4-view” display in April.

RED’s screen technology comes from an exclusive partnership with a startup called Leia Inc.  Leia describes itself as “the leading provider of light-field holographic display solutions for mobile,”

This phone is having a “holographic” display. The technology works through diffraction, producing a light field illumination with a layer of nanostructures added to a conventional LCD. The solid phone’s 5.7-inch screen will have two modes: a regular 2D mode and a 4-View (4V) holographic mode which displays a “better than 3D image” and no glasses needed! You’ll even reportedly be able to capture video in 3D, Red’s own “4V” format made for the Hydrogen One. Beyond that, the new phone will also support modular attachments, such as a “cinema grade camera module” that captures RAW 2D footage in Red’s R3D format.

The phone is staggeringly expensive compared to other smartphones considering that it starts with a $1,295 price tag.  But you will get some great future and you will have the world’s first holographic smartphone. Ant the cinema module is of particular interest because most cinema cameras cost thousands of dollars. So the idea of bringing the function of a RED camera into a modular durable form with a low price has the potential to attract a lot of professionals and creatives who normally would not afford the thousands of dollars needed to buy a RED cinema camera.

The price is likely meant to justify the camera technology, which is what Red is chiefly known for among filmmakers and other camera-oriented professions. At 5.7 inches, it’s also kind of big, and it will come with a 2560 x 1440 holographic display that supposedly makes images look as though they’re in 3D as you move the camera around.

 

List of specs and features:

  • 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 2,560×1,440 pixels
  • Dual viewing modes: Regular 2D and 4V — aka RED’s version of 3D
  • Body made of aluminium or titanium
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 835X processor — not sure if the “X” is a typo or indicates a new version
  • In body cameras capable of recording 4V video
  • Headphone jack
  • 4,500mAh battery — which is enormous but is probably needed to power the display and modules
  • Dual-SIM — unusual for phones released in the United States
  • Expandable storage via a MicroSD slot
  • USB-C port
  • Built-in speakers capable of playing multi-channel special audio
  • Stackable modules that connect via pogo pins for power and data

Credit:

red.com 

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